Spilling The Milk

Imagine A School...

Recently, I came across an amazing creation by a former colleague, Sonya ter Borg.  Sonya's work asks ALL OF US to rethink school.  Enjoy her call to 'Imagine a school,' here: Imagine A School

Sonya speaks about the importance of allowing students (and ourselves) to make mistakes.  Her text coincides perfectly with an excellent piece from The Wall Street Journal, informing educators on "How To Educate The Next Steve Jobs," available HERE

Both sources direct our attention towards a real need to tell our students that the proof might not be in the pudding.  Maybe, just maybe, the proof is in all the failed attempts at making the pudding.  (No actual pudding was harmed in the posting of this blog).

When I think of wisdom shared, I think of stories passed on about well...failures.  The greatest teachings often come in the form of lectures on so-called mistakes.  Everyone learns to walk by falling flat on their face too many times to count. 

We let children know that they aren't to cry over spilled milk...but what are we doing in order to ask them to ANALYSE, CONSIDER, REFLECT on that little white puddle?

Here's an even bigger question for us:  Are we offering an education where 'spilling the milk,' is a safe option?

Do you have a white puddle anecdote to share?  What do you think about the two texts included here?  Care to comment on that aforementioned pudding analogy?

"Honoring the creative process," from creativity expert Eric Maisel talks about the 'it's ok to make mistakes model,' here